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Maltese cultural projects to benefit from 50 mln euros EU investment

Xinhua, October 11, 2016 Adjust font size:

Ten cultural and environmental projects are to benefit from a total of 50 million euros (55.6 million U.S. dollars) made available to Malta by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) for 2014-2020, according an announcement issued by the Maltese government Monday.

Maltese Deputy Prime Minister Louis Grech said the approved projects included rehabilitation and restoration of the Grandmasters' Palace, the conversion of Auberge D'Italie into the new national fine arts museum, and the restoration of the Notarial Archives.

Grech said that the government's vision is to invest in a focused and balanced way in the country's economic, environmental, social and cultural development.

Maltese Parliamentary Secretary Ian Borg, who is responsible for EU funds, highlighted projects with an environmental perspective such as investments at Chadwick Lakes, the installation of a new ventilation and acclimatization system of the Manoel theatre, and the further enhancing of the Gozo Museum project. Endit